Let's pretend that this archangel attacked this devil, NOT just because of the trespassing & theft BUT instead because they've been at war for centuries and have been conditioned to kill one another on sight.

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I'm confused, the angel only cut off one wing but in panel 15 he doesn't have any wings.

And in the first panel, the devil has no wings at all, so he's able to make them appear/disappear at will. Though I don't know how getting one cut off would affect that._________________

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almost a shame to waste dennis' talent on him.
except it's always a pleasure to see a good dennis insult.

Everyone's condemning the archangel for this (I believe it is Gabriel BTW), but Lucifer is as much at fault.

After all, it's not like he doesn't KNOW that apples are forbidden.
And that if he gives them to Lilith, her peaceful life will be taken away from her...

But does she know this?
If she does, then Satan is offering her a choice: will she choose to continue living in Paradise, or risk it all to be with him? Quite romantic!
But if she DOESN'T know, then he's setting a trap for her, thinking only of what he wants for her. Which would make him kind of a douche.

I believe that at earlier strip had her mentioning that they were forbidden, but I'm still not certain..._________________"For even in heaven his looks and thoughts
were always downward bent" - Milton

Is it me... or the the Archangel Gabriel (could be Michael forget which one guards the gate,) more or less looks... disappointed in the dragon Satan than anything else? Then again breaking into a place you are forbidden from entering stealing the the all mighty for all the archangel knows if for extra corruption getting a wind sliced off is kinda a slap on the wrist... when compared with he could have just beheaded him.

I think people are also overlooking, that the archangel stopped attacking and didn't finish him off. There's that frame where he looks at the Devil with a face of pity or scorn. Then the Devil escapes. He attacked as a warning or to get him off the property... it doesn't really seem he was all out to kill the Devil.

I don't think the archangel who guards Eden is ever named in the Bible. He's just "an angel with a flaming sword". Thing is there are two types of archangels. small "a" archangel are actually pretty low ranking, just above regular angels. Think of them as the NCOs of Heaven. Then there are the Big Four "capital A" Archangels, Michael, Uriel, Gabriel and Raphael one step below God Himself, of which Lucifer used to be the fifth and most powerful before his fall._________________I aim to misbehave